A diagram showing Interxion's proximity to key markets in London
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – European colocation and data center operator Interxion (www.interxion.com) announced on Thursday that it has formed a strategic partnership with electronic trading solutions provider NYSE Technologies (www.nyse.com). On Tuesday Interxion announced expansion plans for its Dusseldorf, Germany data center.
These announcements come two weeks after Interxion started trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The company’s IPO was priced at $13 a share. In a Noise Filter feature, the WHIR dissected the commentary surrounding the IPO.
Prior to the partnership NYSE Technologies used Interxion as a colocation provider for several network access points for its pan-European and Asian trading network, the Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure.
“Interxion have moved from being a trusted vendor to a strategic partner and we are delighted to use their data centre in the City of London to roll out a range of reliable, cost effective and low-latency trading, data and connectivity applications to a wider range of customers,” Stanley Young, CEO of NYSE Technologies said in a statement. “The data center is ideally located to achieve low latency access to a number of other venues and is the closest SFTI access centre to our new European Liquidity Centre in Basildon. This enables us to offer hybrid solutions both within our own facility and also at this prime location for customers wanting to reach other venues.”
NYSE Technologies says it will offer its full suite of trading solutions with its existing colocation offering within Interxion’s London facility. NYSE Technologies will offer other services from the facility including its Risk Management Gateway, consolidated market data service Superfeed and proximity services to expand its technology offerings.
“We are very pleased that NYSE Technologies have chosen our data center as the launch pad for these new services,” David Ruberg, CEO of Interxion said. “This will give both existing and new trading customers within our City of London proximity center the opportunity to connect with NYSE Technologies’ Risk Management Gateway, Superfeed and proximity services at low latency.”
Interxion says it plans to add 5382 square feet to its Dusseldorf, Germany data center. The company plans to have the addition completed by spring 2011.
Along with the expansion, the company plans on upgrading its transformers and air conditioning systems, as well as increasing its power grid connection to 20 MVA. Interxion says its expansion is a result of a growing demand for cloud computing and virtualization services.
“With access to over 50 communication networks as well as the ECIX Internet exchange combined with leading-edge power and cooling, our Dusseldorf facility provides an ideal environment for customer applications as cloud-based infrastructure and delivery become even more widespread,” Peter Knapp, managing director of Interxion Germany said in a statement.
Interxion says the investment in its Dusseldorf facility will total more than $13 million once the construction is complete.
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